Robert Ames
Also Known As: Robert Downing Ames
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Downing Ames (March 23, 1889 – November 27, 1931) was an American stage and film actor whose career was cut short by his death at age 42. After a brief stint in vaudeville, Ames moved to Hollywood in the mid 1920s to concentrate on film work, though on occasion he would return to perform on the New York stage. He co-starred in several early talkies, including The Trespasser (1929) with Gloria Swanson, A Lady to Love (1930) with Vilma Bánky and Edward G. Robinson, and the 1930 version of Holiday, opposite Ann Harding in the role later taken by Cary Grant in the better-remembered 1938 remake.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 22, 1889
Age: 136 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 27, 1931
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Not Damaged
Overview: A fortune teller informs a hopeless romantic that she'll be meeting a mysterious, tall, dark stranger. Initially skeptical, the young lady latterly concedes when the soothsayer's premonitions begin to ring true.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-25
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What Women Want
Overview: During World War I, Francine D'Espard, a young French woman, meets William Holliday, a U.S. Army officer at the front, and they become engaged. Returning to America, William finds his father at the mercy of his business rival, Ezekiel Bates. Shortly after, when Francine arrives in America to marry her fiancé, she is informed that her lover is about to marry Bates's daughter Susan. Her love now turning to hate, Francine devotes herself to the task of destroying her former suitor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-01
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The Trespasser
Overview: A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-11
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The Wedding Song
Overview: A beautiful con artist marries Hayes Hallan, the owner of a pearl-rich island. No sooner has the couple said "I do" than Beatrice's partners in crime show up, claiming to be the bride's parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-29
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Holiday
Overview: A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-03
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Millie
Overview: After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-06
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Behind Office Doors
Overview: Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-15
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A Lady to Love
Overview: Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother Buck. When she gets there she overlooks his duplicity and marries him. Then she falls in love with Buck.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-28
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Smart Woman
Overview: A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own. The woman's friends gladly assist in the deception.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-12
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Three Who Loved
Overview: A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-03
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The Voice of the City
Overview: An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-13
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Three Faces East
Overview: A spy story that takes place during World War I.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-03
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Overview: A young wife wants to have children, but her husband neglects her. She confides her longings to a handsome brain surgeon. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-05
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War Nurse
Overview: Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-22
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Rebound
Overview: A woman struggles to rekindle the affection of her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-28
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Double Cross Roads
Overview: Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries to persuade him to take part in a robbery of a wealthy woman but he refuses until discovering that Mary is in league with the gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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The Crown of Lies
Overview: Olga Kriga, a New York boarding house maid, is loved by John Knight, an automobile salesman, asks her to wed him. One day in a delicatessen, she is seen by a foreigner, who immediately hails her as "Queen." He tells her the faithful cabinet is waiting nearby. The foreigner is a servant of the former prime minister and he insists that she is the long lost ruler of Sylvania, a small European country. Olga decides to pose as that lost queen of Sylvania, and travels to that Balkan country accompanied by Knight. Count Mirko, knowing her return will cause usurper troubles, plans to make it appear beneficial to be rid of Olga. However, the people of the country acclaim her as queen and, after a revolt, put her on the throne. Happiness has been restored to Sylvania, but Olga decides that she no longer to pose as a royal and returns to New York with Knight. A lost film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-27
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Rich People
Overview: Connie Hayden (Constance Bennett) faces a dilemma; will she choose the rich guy or the ordinary Joe? Naturally, Connie has the answer in time for the final credits.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-07
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The Stolen Jools
Overview: Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Black Waters
Overview: A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
Genres: Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-05
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Rich Man's Folly
Overview: The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-14
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Without Mercy
Overview: In this silent melodrama Sir Melmoth Craven is running against John Orme for a seat in Parliament. Orme is an honest man, but Craven is on the shady side. For campaign money, he borrows money from an equally shady establishment called Gordon, Ltd. Orme's sweetheart, Margaret Garth, becomes infatuated with Craven, much to the dismay of her mother, Enid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-04
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Nix on Dames
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Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-24
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Madonna of the Streets
Overview: Directed by John S. Robertson. With Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames, Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-25
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